Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases we are highly anticipating. This week’s pre-publication “can’t-wait to-read” selection is: The Winner’s Curse by Marie Rutkoski.
Summary (via Goodreads):
In the tradition of Kristin Cashore and Cassandra Clare comes this brilliant, unputdownable, star-crossed romance about the curse of winning.
Seventeen-year-old Kestrel is an aristocratic citizen of Valoria, a vast empire that revels in war and enslaves those it conquers. Here, a girl like Kestrel has two choices: join the military or get married. Despite her skills in military strategy, Kestrel’s real passion is music.Which is why she feels compelled to buy Arin, a slave with a talent for singing, at auction. It’s not long before she finds herself falling in love with Arin, and he seems to feel the same for her. But Kestrel quickly learns that the price she paid for Arin is much higher than she ever could have imagined.
Set in a new world, The Winner’s Curse is a story of wicked rumors, dirty secrets, and games where everything is at stake, and the gamble is whether you will keep your head or lose your heart.
Why am I eagerly waiting on The Winner’s Curse?
Well, seeing the blurb about it being for fans of Kristin Cashore and star-crossed lovers sold me. The premise sounds amazing and the early comments I’ve read on Twitter and Goodreads say it’s amazing. That’s enough to make me want it badly.
update: I had this post scheduled weeks ago and I actually won a copy this week! I couldn’t believe it. 🙂 Thank you Charlotte Sheedy Lit!
The Winner’s Curse will be available March 4th 2014 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Oh I like this cover 😀 I hope the book will be awesome, though. Hope you’ll love it 😀
I have high hopes! Fingers crossed it lives up to them.
Congrats on winning this one, hon! I look forward to your thoughts. The early ratings on Goodreads have me insanely excited and the cover is drop dead gorgeous.
Thanks for sharing! <33
Me too. That early rating has me drooling for it. I have a very good feeling about it.
Great pick. Just love the cover 🙂
Happy Wednesday!
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Me too! beautiful
Wooohooo!! Congrats on winning a copy!! I also have this one in my TBR list and I adore the cover!
Can’t wait to hear what you think of this one!
I cried a little when I won, for real. I was so excited because I had been so eager to read this one. Thanks Pili!
Eeeee! I’m so excited to get a copy of this one. If it has that gorgeous cover on it I’m going to be thrilled, but I can’t imagine it does. lol Great pick. 🙂
I’m so happy we won! YAY. I squealed when I saw us both listed as winning. I can’t wait to see what we think. OMG, I’ll be so excited if it has that cover on the arc. Like you, I can’t imagine it will. Congrats on winning 🙂
I love the cover, been seeing it around so have added it to goodreads, congrats on winning a copy!
Thank you Kirsty-Marie! I couldn’t believe I won a copy–I was so very happy. 🙂
Congrats on winning- hope you love it as much as some of the others seem to! I hadn’t heard of this one. I love the cover.
The folks that love it have great taste typically so I’m very optimistic it’ll be amazing.
such a stunning cover, i love how she’s holding the ‘R’ in curse. Great pick this week.
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thanks Georgie! I love that cover so much. I guess I can’t ever get tired of the girl in a beautiful dress covers.
Wow, how cool is it that you won a copy?! Congrats.. 😀
Sarah @ Kitties Like Books Too
Thank you Sarah! I typically don’t win a lot but have been on a streak. I couldn’t be more excited.
Lucky girl! I’m dying to get my hands on a copy of this book! I think it’s my scheduled WoW for next week, actually, unless they release a cover for some other book I’m dying for. 😛 Can’t wait to see what you think of this!
We are very good at having the same Wow’s. I hope we love it as much as expected! <3
OH YES YES YES TO THIS ONE! I’m eagerly waiting on this one too.
And wow, you’re so lucky to get a copy! I’m dying to get my hands on this one.
Great pick & thanks for stopping by my WoW! (:
I was dying to get a copy and couldn’t believe I won. I cried a little. Thank you Kelly!
This was my WoW last week haha! I’m so jealous, hope it’s a fantastic read! The cover is so gorgeous.
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Ah! I love the cover! I hope you get to read it soon and that we love it. Thanks Cyn
I L O V E this cover!!! It reminds me of the pledge and The Elite covers that I love! It sounds good to so that’s a plus! Great pick this week!
Good pick! I’m really excited to read this one as well. And I LOVE the cover.
I thought I was over the girl in the dress covers but… this one is gorgeous!
The book sounds kinda interesting to me. My verdict is out until some glowing reviews pop-up.